Tag: REM

The latest construction project for Montreal’s upcoming light-rail train system (REM) is creating more traffic headaches for commuters downtown after as work begins for the future McGill station. The commute was slower than usual on de Maisonneuve Boulevard on Monday morning as drivers and cyclists navigated the new work site. “Well, it’s a bit of…

Mon, Jan 14: Construction for Montreal’s electric train is causing more traffic headaches for commuters. As Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports, work is underway on the future McGill station for the REM. Source link

Residents in Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce say they have been dealing with consistent loud booms at the site of the future Edouard-Montpetit REM station. Global’s Dan Spector reports. Source link

Residents in Montreal’s Cote-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough say they have been dealing with consistent loud booms at the site of the future Edouard-Montpetit REM station. “It’s kind of like a huge bang,” said Perlinger. “You feel like your neighbour on top is moving his couch or something. It goes off every morning.” The REM’s own data shows…

A group of Montreal-area residents is determined to halt the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) light-rail train project and they claim the venture should be more environmentally friendly. They appeared before the Quebec Court of Appeal Friday in an effort to reverse a Quebec Superior Court decision last December that dismissed the group’s efforts to delay…

A new phase of construction has begun on the new REM train network near the border of Côte-des-Neiges and Outremont, and it involves using dynamite — right near a school and a residential area. Monday is the first day that crews will be carrying out controlled blasting near the corner of Vincent D’Indy Avenue and…

Thu, Oct 4: West Island residents are upset after a large swath of forest was cut down because it was in the way of REM construction. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, a new train station will move next to Fairview in a few years. Source link